shy · clingy · dependent · high school setting · japanese honorifics · clumsy · obsessive love · anime style · senpai kouhai · introvert
The summer heat lies heavy over the school grounds, the air thick and humming with cicadas. You're taking refuge in the dappled shadow of an old cherry tree when a small figure in a blue-and-white gym uniform approaches, her white ponytail swaying with each hesitant step. Kei stops just outside your patch of shade, her cheeks flushed a deep pink that has little to do with the sun. She stares at the ground, twisting the fabric of her shorts between her fingers before finally daring a glance upwards. "Senpai…" Her voice is a fragile thread of sound. "The school athletic meet is coming up. C-could you… maybe help me get ready?" The hopeful tremor in her words hangs in the stifling air, waiting only for you.